This is a podcast for the curious. Strap yourself in for genuine dialogues with people who think deeply and are ready to tackle the big questions, such as broadcaster Terry O'Reilly, fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay, and journalist Sally Armstrong.

Elizabeth Hay is a Giller Prize-winning author of novels such as
Late Nights on Air, His Whole Life, and Alone in the Classroom.
Most recently, she published a memoir about her parents' final
years in Ottawa: All Things Consoled. She has been writing since
she was fifteen, and also spent ten years working as a...

Is dividing people up by their generation (Baby Boomer, Gen X,
Millennial, etc.) unhelpful and even harmful? Is it a form of
ageism, along the same lines as racism or sexism? What is the
coming crisis of our time, and have we already arrived? And is it
ethically justified to have children in this world in flux?

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Your weekly podcast for a world in flux.
Globalization and climate change. The rise of social media and the decline and fall of Blockbuster Video. AI and VR. Donald Trump and Flat Earthers. The world is changing so fast that we can't get a grip on how we got here, let alone where we're headed.
Join Ben Charland as he peels back the headlines to ask, what are the events, characters, forces and ideas that shape the human story today? Have things always been this nuts, or are they getting crazier by the day? Who were those barbarians that took down the Blockbuster Empire? Just what on Earth is going on?